{"id":1707,"date":"2026-05-11T19:24:44","date_gmt":"2026-05-11T19:24:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/it-ends-with-us-actor-slams-blake-livelys-uncomfortable-birthing-scene-claims\/"},"modified":"2026-05-11T19:24:44","modified_gmt":"2026-05-11T19:24:44","slug":"it-ends-with-us-actor-slams-blake-livelys-uncomfortable-birthing-scene-claims","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/it-ends-with-us-actor-slams-blake-livelys-uncomfortable-birthing-scene-claims\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018It Ends With Us\u2019 actor slams Blake Lively\u2019s \u2018uncomfortable\u2019 birthing scene claims"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/05\/127474333.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>\u201cIt Ends With Us\u201d actor Adam Mondschein is setting the record straight on Blake Lively\u2019s claims while filming the movie\u2019s controversial birthing scene.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHer voice is heard,\u201d Mondschein \u2014 who played OBGYN Dr. Dunbar in the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2026\/05\/06\/celebrity-news\/blake-lively-justin-baldonis-legal-battle-isnt-over-just-yet-despite-settlement\/\">delivery room scene<\/a>\u00a0in \u201cIt Ends With Us\u201d \u2014 said. \u201cShe is not a wilting flower. She is very confident and firm.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Adam Mondschein exclusively told Page Six that Blake Lively \u201cwas the most powerful person in the room\u201d while filming the controversial birthing scene in \u201cIt Ends With Us,\u201d seen here.  <span class=\"credit\">Sony Pictures<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>\u201cShe inserted herself in every creative decision\u201d and \u201cnothing happened that she wasn\u2019t in charge of,\u201d Mondschein said. <span class=\"credit\">Sony Pictures<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module aligncenter wp-block-nypost-editor-primary-tag\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>The \u201cGossip Girl\u201d alum also claimed Baldoni, 42, \u201cintroduced his \u2018best friend\u2019 to play the role of the OBGYN, when ordinarily, a small role of this nature would be filled by a local actor.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMs. Lively felt that the selection of Mr. Baldoni\u2019s friend for this intimate role, in which the actor\u2019s face and hands were in close proximity to her nearly nude genitalia for a birth scene, was invasive and humiliating,\u201d the complaint further alleged.<\/p>\n<p>The thespian \u2014 who\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/name\/nm4600776\/\">on IMDb boasts\u00a0<\/a>a list of at least 10 acting credits prior to his appearance in \u201cIt Ends With Us,\u201d and a master\u2019s in fine arts from UCLA and a tour with the Tony Award-winning Acting Company \u2014 said he takes offense at Lively\u2019s implications in her lawsuit that he was not qualified for the OBGYN role.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Mondschein played OBGYN Dr. Dunbar in the\u00a0controversial delivery room scene\u00a0in \u201cIt Ends With Us,\u201d seen here.  <span class=\"credit\">Sony Pictures<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>The actor said he takes offense at Lively\u2019s implications in her lawsuit that he was not qualified for the OBGYN role. <span class=\"credit\">FilmMagic<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Mondschein \u2014 who helped deliver Lively\u2019s character Lily\u2019s baby in the aforementioned and pivotal hospital scene \u2014 also disputed Lively\u2019s characterization that she was \u201cnearly nude\u201d during filming.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cShe\u2019s pretending to have a baby, but she\u2019s fully covered,\u201d he said, adding that the actress wore \u201ca prosthetic,\u201d \u201ca hospital gown,\u201d and \u201cblack shorts\u201d while filming. \u201cThere\u2019s nothing to see. Nothing to look at,\u201d he explained.<\/p>\n<p>Mondschein further recalled spending much of the scene \u201cholding a real baby off screen, covered in raspberry jelly and cream cheese\u201d before lifting the infant into frame during the delivery moment.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>\u201cShe is not a wilting flower. She is very confident and firm,\u201d Mondschein said of Lively\u2019s delivery room scene. <span class=\"credit\">Sony Pictures<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Mondschein claimed the actress wore \u201ca prosthetic,\u201d \u201ca hospital gown,\u201d and \u201cblack shorts\u201d while filming. <span class=\"credit\">Sony Pictures<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cEven in the scene that you see that made it into the film, you see me smiling at a baby,\u201d he said. \u201cI\u2019m looking at a live baby. The cutest baby whose parents are there in the room with the crew that\u2019s there.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Lively\u00a0filed the complaint against Baldoni, alleging that he sexually harassed her on the set of their film, which was adapted from the popular Colleen Hoover novel of the same name.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe reason he wanted to direct this piece, the reason why he wanted to be in it, to put his heart on it, was because he found the book to be significant,\u201d Mondschein explained, noting that Baldoni had \u201ca great relationship\u201d with the author and wanted to tell \u201cthe best\u201d story.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Lively and Baldoni made the shocking decision\u00a0to settle their lengthy court battle\u00a0on May 4 in what we\u2019re told was a \u201clast-minute deal.\u201d (Seen above in January 2024) <span class=\"credit\">GC Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Lively made an appearance at the Met Gala on May 4 just hours after news broke of the settlement. <span class=\"credit\">WireImage<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cHe was going to usher forth her book to a whole new audience, turning it into a movie \u2026 he wanted these conversations \u2026 about domestic violence, the responsibility that men have to have this conversation, not just the victims, not just the women. And so that was his whole drive.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Lively and Baldoni <a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2026\/05\/04\/celebrity-news\/why-blake-lively-and-justin-baldoni-made-a-last-minute-deal-to-end-nasty-it-ends-with-us-battle\/\" rel=\"nofollow\" data-nyp-affiliate=\"true\">made the shocking decision<\/a>\u00a0to settle their lengthy court battle\u00a0on May 4 in what we\u2019re told was a \u201clast-minute deal.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>A source said that the \u201cIt Ends With Us\u201d co-stars had been negotiating for a few weeks and were encouraged to make a settlement.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey finally came to an agreement today. It was a last-minute deal,\u201d the insider shared with us just moments after the settlement was reached. \u201cThe magistrate and the judge wanted to avoid this going to trial as it was going to be a long, drawn-out case, so they were encouraged to reach an agreement.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2026\/05\/11\/celebrity-news\/it-ends-with-us-actor-slams-blake-livelys-uncomfortable-birthing-scene-claims\/\" target=\"_blank\">Source link<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cIt Ends With Us\u201d actor Adam Mondschein is setting the record straight on Blake Lively\u2019s<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1708,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1707","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-entertainment"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/127474333.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1707","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1707"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1707\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1708"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1707"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1707"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1707"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}